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Blue Laws: Time to Revisit these?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Rocket River, Apr 22, 2020.

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  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    I recalled when we had the Essense Festival (After Katrina)
    They relaxed them and people could walk around with alcohol down town
    We have drive thru liquor stores
    Now restuarants can serve Liquor and sell it with the To Go Orders

    Maybe we just don't need these Laws anymore.

    Rocket River
     
    #1 Rocket River, Apr 22, 2020
  2. Bandwagoner

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    no, it's much safer if we force people to drive to restaurants to get their drinks. having restaurants use a totally sober delivery service is dangerous until the crap actually hits the fan and exposes how it isn't
     
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  3. droxford

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    Along the same lines... hot dog stands are illegal. The only food that can be legally sold on sidewalks is ice cream.

    I agree - we should take a look at how other major cities handle these things and re-think our laws.
     
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  4. Blake

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    How about scrapping no beer/wine sales before noon on Sunday and liquor stores open on Sunday? What is the point?
     
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  5. Rocket River

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    That is kind of the point for me. . . why are these laws and why not change some of them
    or at least rethink them

    It is happening now. . . . I won't say do a free for all
    but maybe we need to revisit them.

    Rocket River
     
    #5 Rocket River, Apr 22, 2020
  6. Ottomaton

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    When I first moved to a state with hard liquor sales in supermarkets, it blew my mind for a minute. Amazingly, society managed to keep in functioning.

    There are apparently still 5 100% dry counties in Texas. I'm guessing there are still plenty of alcoholics in those counties.

    Here's an interesting link:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dry_communities_by_U.S._state#

    Surprised that almost half of Arkansas is dry, when my view of the average person from Atkansas is the cartoon guy on the old Mountain Dew bottles.

    I'd me interested if there was any hard correlation between restriction and outcome.
     
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  7. jiggyfly

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    What?
     
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  8. Kim

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    It's a Baptist thing, right?
     
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  9. Redfish81

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    Common sense has never permeated our governments.

    Stop trying to apply logic to our bureaucracies.
     
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  10. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Prohibition always works out.
     
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  11. Mr. Brightside

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    I don't think society really wants everyone walking around with open containers of alcohol.
     
    #11 Mr. Brightside, Apr 22, 2020
  12. Mr.Scarface

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    Churches are afraid people would stop going to church on Sundays...lol. That is the ONLY reason these laws still exist.
     
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  13. TexasTofu

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    never understood this
     
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  14. TexasTofu

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    to me if you country is dry thats a terrible sign
     
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    Arkansas has even weirder laws. I've been to a bar there that they call a social club. You have to be a "member", so they make you "sign up" before they serve drinks.
     
    #16 Agent94, Apr 23, 2020
  17. Nick

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    They have those in the Heights... in Houston... not sure what the point of it is.
     
    #17 Nick, Apr 23, 2020
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    Legal loop hole. Though the areas of the Heights that were dry, are no longer dry as of a couple of years ago.
     
    #18 Joe Joe, Apr 23, 2020
  19. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    I always thought it was funny that Jack Daniels is famously distilled in a dry county.
     
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  20. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    Because you're supposed to be in church drinking the blood of Christ you heathen. :)
     
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